Steven Eggert sent these
pictures of his 1947 CC Wagon. He pointed out that it had
been a winner at Wauseon in 2001 as a panel delivery
with "Wabeno Hardware" on the side and has since been
converted back into a wagon.
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The car is driven daily.
(Except when it rains real hard because of the vacuum
wipers!)
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Our own Crosley Quarterly
Editor in his 1955 racer Wiley, I think this must have
been taken a few years back.
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This is also Fred when he is
up against deadline for the Quarterly and he is still
waiting for my column. Any more details to share Fred?
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Both of this months cars are
repeat Crosley of the Month winners. Skinny was last Summer, but
I wanted to show how Paul Gorrell transports it to some of
the shows.
Paul's son, Duane, sent the following note with the
photos: "This is how
Skinny has went to several shows this summer! If I am
not mistaken, it has rode 400 miles or so on the running
board of the '25 Studebaker. Quit the sight going down
the road or stopped." Paul also uses his stock
Studebaker to tow a tailer with a Crosley on board for
some shows. Says it stops faster with the trailer brakes.
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The woody wagon was a Crosley
of the Month last year in the restoration process.
Paul's Woody was a big hit at the 2010
Nationals and he could not resist this little wooden
boat that was for sale at the same Nationals. It was built
to carry extra luggage behind a small car. He has had a
lot of fun showing them together with his two chickens
Elvis and Henrietta. The whole package draws a lot of
attention.
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This month is a bit of a
departure. As best I can tell it was never built. The base
FarmOroad was referred to as FOR-1. This is configuration
2. In the drawing the wheelbase has been extended, the
roof raised and the rear bed widen extending it over the
dual wheels . Setup to be an ambulance, it would carry 4
patents plus a nurse in the back. Cramped is an
understatement. It would have gotten into places a
standard ambulance couldn't. Not the factory thinks it
would readily go 60mph on the highway. I have included the
factory description that was with the proposal.
GENERAL PURPOSE VEHICLE NO. 2:
It is a very simple
matter to lengthen the wheel base of the standard
Farm-O-Road chassis. On the above drawing the wheel base
has been lengthened from 63 inches to 96 inches, giving
the rear body a length of 76 inches. This particular
drawing shows the adaptability of the chassis for
Ambulance use.
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We visualize the need for getting ambulatory
cases quickly from the disaster scene to a first aid
station. Therefore,
we have designed this ambulance to take care of four
litter patients with a 16 inch aisle between litters,
which could easily accommodate a seat at the forward end
of the aisle for a nurse or attendant.
This chassis requires only the lengthening of
the frame and the lengthening of the propeller shaft and
possibly using heavier rear springs. This chassis would
accommodate a variety of special use or dual-purpose
bodies. As a personnel carrier two lengthwise seats
would take care of up to eight people. Much equipment
could be carried in the boxes under the lengthwise
seats.
Remember that on open highways these vehicles
with standard gear shift will readily travel up to sixty
miles per hour; in low speed range the top speed is
reduced to fifteen miles per hour for heavy going. This
long chassis model can he used for a variety of other
purposes with a rated capacity of 1/4 ton and an
available capacity of l/2 ton or more. This vehicle can
also be used for medical purposes.
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Mike Guffey sent me a strange
little photo, very poor condition because it was clipped
out of YouTube video. It would be nice to find the real
photo, but the maker of the video had grabbed the image
from somewhere else. It is a midget travel trailer being
pulled by a 1949 Crosley CD Sedan at the National Trailer
Show in Chicago, Feb 1949.
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He then sent me pictures of
the trailer now, he bought it off eBay and is trying to
find out what he has. I have never heard of Powel Crosley
being involved in travel trailers, it does have Crosley
bumpers. He also sent an ad for a Crosley line of trailers
that may or may not have anything to do with his. If
anyone has info on this cute little trailer let me now and
I will pass it on to Mike. I told him we could help him
find a 49 sedan.
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Here is George Potter with
his finished 49 Hotshot. It has a warmed up engine, with dual
carbs, dual pipes and 1/4 race cam. He tricked out the
rims by widening them to 4 inches to accept wider tires.
He took 1 1/2 inches out the windshield to get a lower
profile, filled the seams and and added a woodgrain dash.
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The header he
made, as shown in the engine picture, tied 1 & 2 and 3
& 4 together, which he said made it sound like a
couple of Harley's. He remade them, connecting 2 & 4
and 1 & 3 together, now it sounds sweet.
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Since CDs are the Spotlight
class this year and there has been some discussion's on
the Crosley_Gang about outside mirrors as standard or
optional. Here are a pair of Super CDs for 1950.
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No outside mirror in these
factory photos. I hope you are all planning for the
Nationals in July, bring your CD or any other Crosley you
can drive, haul or drag to the show. They all get
attention and have a story to tell.
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The June 22nd online Cincinnati
News had an article about the state of repair of
the main Crosley building. Above shows the building in
it's glory days.
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Above is the
current condition. The building has been condemned by the
city. The city would like to save the building and says it
is a structurally sound but needing lots of work.
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Tim Freshley of Ohio brought
this nice Street Rod to the Nationals. He created this
over several years from a very rough CC Sedan. The nose is
a widened fiberglass PreWar nose and the front fenders are
really CC fenders with a lot of modifications.
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The back is the CC deck folded forward to the shortened
roof. He has so many trick features in this car it would
take a whole article to tell about them all. It rides on a
VC chassis. Here is a link
to the big block Crofton engine that powers it. Here is a
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Here is the
before and after pictures of President Dave's 1950
FarmOroad. As you can see it was fairly complete but rough
when he started. Other pictures show a lot of rust underneath and
a mess of an engine
compartment. All had to look like new again for AACA
competition.
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This was how
it looked at the Spring AACA National show in Charlotte
last year. It won it's 1st Junior Award at this meet. Dave
has shown it at many prestigious shows around the country
since and picked up his Senior AACA award this year at the
Spring meet. Another
angle.
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This month we are revisiting
the Dogs n' Suds double ended Crosley. It was originally a CotM back in
2010. Some new info has shown up since the original
showing, above are to shots taken during what was possibly
the most recent restoration. Lee Arthur and his late
brother in-law Law Mikael did the restoration back in
1976. The restoration was strictly cosmetic but they did
add wiring to the rear dash so the car could be started
from either end. At that time it was drivable but did
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The owner added back the Dog n' Suds
graphics after he got the car back. After the last time
the car was featured it was pointed out you can see the
car sitting at the Dogs N' Suds from Bing
and Google
maps if you zoom in. Look in the grassy area at the rear
of the parking lot. When I looked in April 2025 I couldn't
find it
Reports are the car is still on display but in very bad
condition and in need of another restoration. Have not
seen any recent photos.
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This is Tom
Mather's yellow Super Sport. Restoration by Tom Mather.
The photo was take at the 2011 Crosley Nationals. If I'm
not mistaken that is former Crosley employee Sara Brown in
the drivers seat.
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Tom is from Maryland and did the
restoration himself.
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Cutworm (aka Steve Rains) of
Arkansas snaped this picture of his roundside waiting for
better days. Cut got a lot of grief about leaving his
newly acquired pickup out in the snow. Cut responded with
"Cut me some slack Jack.
It HAS a tarp over all but the grill area. Sheesh! My
other four garages are full of Crosleys. There is no
room at the inn."
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Another commented about using a Crosley
to keep the snow off his trailer. Cut bought his roundside
from Bill Cunningham in TN. The above picture shows Cut
with his new truck soon after he got it home. I'm sure Cut
will make proper arrangements before another Winter comes.
Here is another shot of
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